Telegram-herald., 1887-08-13
A GRAND GATHERING
THspscNloAr rHe LAKE YESTERDAY
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TIE uaioa p.onie % ths GFsngass, Good
TemDl1fs. 0d hes.1ents. HorticUllurists.
Farmers Clue. e.c At lie Lake yesterday
was grand affair and the largest gathering :
of tie sind ever held 81 ihs popular resors.
he crowd began 70 assemble a. Sb0ut ten
. c.ock, snd al noon fully three thousand
people were on ths grounds. Al least
another thousand went out irom toe city
just afternoon and with those who drove ia
from the country made a. sssembl4ge OF
nearly I'VE Thousand people. The Good
Iemplars made the largest showing though
the Grangers were noi Ear behind them IA
'he matters OF numbers. Only 3 isw mem
bers Of tie Old Residents Association were
present. '0ne picnic in q season IS sboct
all Us Old people can stand said Cle Ol
them Yesterday, "and Il seems only a day
or TWO since We held our annual satheTing
here. You know times goes faster Win Us
than with the younger people. it Is with
rs, ike boys sliding down Aill-the nearer
the bottom We gs.. the faster We 60.
The weather was delightful, Just perfect
FOR out door enjoyment. The grangera
could not have improved II. had they mas 4
10 suit themselves. Soon af,sr noon the
baskets were opened. the tables were spread
and bOante0us lunch Was enjoyed Dy all.
After the victusls had been stored zwsy
where they would d the most good. 4
lumber wagon Was drawn into the grove
northwest of the pavilion where il served
as platform for the speakers.
ii. G. HogEione, chairman Of the CON-
mittee on arrangements presided and in
troduced Rev. DR.. Samuel Graves
of "A fsff,
Street Baptist church OF this city, now oi
Atlanta. Ca, who spoke in behalf Of ths
Good Templsrs- he c0mplimentec the or
lsnizGtion on the work which il has &C
comphshed ana mentioned the rapid pro
gress made by the temperance cause all over
the country and especially in the South.
a quartette of excellent voices rendered q
selection and was followed by Governor
Luce, who gave the farmers some good ad-
vice in relation 10 dealing with paien,
rights peddlers aud Bohemian oats swim
dlers. de said the best way fer a farmer 10
avoid being swindled bY sharpsrs was tc
| consult his vile just before closing any dea
with stranger, and expressed the opinion
| that but few farmers who heed The advice
and rely upon the jn6gmeut Of their wive:
will be troubled with n6tes given for worth
| less patents or Bohemian oats.
| After more music Rev. ". +. Richardson
! spoke for the temperance people. He made
. somewhat intemparate temperance speech
I pointing out the great evils pro1sced by
! the liquor trailc IN such wicked cities q.
| Grand Rapids, New York and Chlczgo, and
warned the youth against the example and
| influences Of such pets of the saloon as th,
Hon. John L. Sullivan the brutal slugge
| from the cultured city OF Boston" HI
| alluded TO the action Of the Common Conn
| Gil IN granting the saloon keepers Dermis
I sion TO violate the state law, Is a matte
I which should cause the cheeks Of the citi
zens Of Grand Rapids TO tingle with shame
The last speaker was Mrs. Perry Mayo
wife Of tie State Senator from Battle Greek
! She IS an enthusiastic worker in the Grange
and q rapid. earnest, effective and enter
/ tanning speaker. She spoke of the nobl
aspiIations Of the Patrons of Husb2ndry
| the benefits derived FROM the Grange mad
an earnest argument for education, ar'
closed with an eloquent plea for temperanc
ana the protection OF home.
| The Glee Club rendered another selection
| Chairman Hogadone thanked the peOpl
| for their attention, and the interest mani
| tested in the affair and the crowd dispersed
most Of them leaving for their homes
though large numbers remained until lat
in the evening.
The arrangements for the picnic wer
! complete, anc the programme was cRrrie
| out 20 the letter, but it would have bee
/ more pleasant for speakers and hearers
! somebody had stuffed the bell used by ID
manager Of the merry -go-round.